abscesserat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abscedo, abscedere, abscessi, abscessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withdraw, depart, retire; go/pass off/away; desist; recede (coasts); slough;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...portum adulescens venit: illorum navis longe in altum abscesserat. Ego quoniam video virginem asportarier, tetuli ei auxilium..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...intra muros nullo sudore receptum gaudentes heroa ferunt: abscesserat ultro Tantalidum uenerata cohors; subit agmine longo colla inter..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam . haec gererentur, Antiochus frustra temptatis moenibus Alexandreae abscesserat ceteraque Aegypto potitus, relicto Memphi maiore Ptolemaeo, cui regnum..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus; in corpore tamen adfecto vigebat vis animi consiliique..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...crescente formidine mors sequebatur. Nam interdiu quoque, quamquam abscesserat imago, memoria imaginis oculis inerrabat, longiorque causis timoris timor..."